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Neptune's Staircase
Banavie, Scotland
Eight-lock staircase on the Caledonian Canal with Ben Nevis behind.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 30 min
Thomas Telford's staircase lifts boats 20 m in eight consecutive locks and is the longest in Britain. Boats take roughly 90 minutes to go through. Grab a coffee at the Banavie end and watch a boat work through with Ben Nevis as the backdrop.
Good to know
- Free to watch from the towpath
- Boat movements are daytime in the sailing season
- Best time
- Mid-morning when boats are queuing
- Getting there
- Car park at Banavie, flat towpath
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs welcome
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